[2026:JHHC:18727] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3333 of 2026 1. Mohammad Mubarak Ansari, aged about 51 years, son of Late Jasim Miyan, 2. Hazra Khatun, about aged 46 years, Wife of Mohammad Mubarak Ansari, 3. Shahzad Ansari, aged about 26 years, Son of Mohammad Mubarak Ansari. All are residents of Village Bhusuwa, P.O. and P.S. Ichak, District Hazaribagh. ..... … Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. Nashiruddin Miyan, S/o Late Rojan Miyan, R/o of Village Kabilashi, P.S. Daru, District Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. ..... … Opposite Parties -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Gautam Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shailesh Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 25.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Protest-cum-Complaint Case no. 1439 of 2024, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 304-B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners happened to be the mother-in-law, father-in-law and brother-in-law respectively of the deceased. He next submits that initially the case was registered as Ichak P.S. Case No. 187 of 2023, which was investigated by the police and final form has been submitted and the petitioners have not been sent up for trial. He then submits that [2026:JHHC:18727] -2- on the protest-cum-complaint petition, the learned court has been pleased to take cognizance against the petitioners. He further submits that the husband of the deceased has faced the trial in S.T. No. 371 of 2024 and he has been acquitted by the judgment dated 13.03.2026, which is contained in Annexure-2 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioners. 4. Learned A.P.P appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that on the protest-cum-complaint petition, the learned court has been pleased to take cognizance against the petitioners. 5. Considering that initially the police has investigated the matter and petitioners have not been sent up for trial, however, the learned court on the protest-cum-complaint petition has been pleased to take cognizance against these petitioners and further the husband of the deceased has faced the trial and he has been acquitted, as noted in the argument of learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag, in connection with Protest-cum-Complaint Case no. 1439 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-25.06.2026 Amitesh/-